Monday, February 14, 2011

To
continue to help you be a better leader I wanted to focus on your
mindset this month. There are so many myths out there as well as stories
and depictions that don't really add value or help you create success
in your life or your leadership.

For
example, many success gurus purport a 1953 Yale Study that proved that
the 3% of graduates who wrote down their goals accounted for 97% of the
class' wealth. Have you ever heard of this study? Truth is: It never
happened.

How
about the story that your mom told you: if you swallow your gum it will
take 7 years to digest? Nope. That's not true either. (And if you ever
swallowed any of that fluorescent Gator Gum, you already knew that.)

The Road to Success

How about this depiction?

It's also a myth!

It
looks like the road to success goes in one direction and the road to
failure goes in the opposite direction. This can create what we call
the "sucker's choice". Either you have to choose success OR you have to choose failure. The sucker's choice is rarely the correct perspective.

It's
another one of those myths which won't add value to your life. It is
simply not the truth and will probably take away value from your life. If
you continue to believe this IS the road sign of life, you can
unintentionally create a sabotaging mental habit or mindset that keeps
you from your success, your goals, and your dreams.

The road to success is paved with failures.
Failure is the price that you pay for your success. If you spend your
time trying to avoid failure, you will get what you pay for. You will
probably be standing still or going in the same vicious circle you've
been going in for years.

The course you take to success WILL have failure stops along the way. The real question for you is: how effectively do you manage those failures?